Swipe Right: The Cheap, New Way to 'Like' Anything

Like a sandwich? Just swipe right. Like your dog? Swipe right. Don’t like swiping? Your thumb’s out of luck.

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I’d swipe right — that’s the new phrase you’re hearing these days when someone refers to a person, object or activity that they like. Like a sandwich? Just swipe right. Like your dog? Swipe right. Don’t like swiping? Your thumb’s out of luck. From T-shirts to Tumblr, everybody is swiping right.

Swiping right didn’t make it to the real world because of Tinder — the user interface feature for the dating app became ubiquitous because users associated swiping right with “likes.”

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